Souling Song (Cheshire)

X:1     %Music
T:Souling Song (Cheshire)
B:Broadwood, L, 1893, English County Songs, London, Leadenhall Press
S:Rev M.P. Holme, Tattenhall, Cheshire
Z:Lucy Broadwood
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Em
G |G2 G F2 F |G3 E3 |G2 G F G A | G3 E2
w:A soul! a soul! a soul-cake! Please, good Mis-sis a soul-cake!
 G |G G G F2 F |G G G F F2 |G G G F2 F | G G G F F2 |
w: An ap-ple, a pear, a plum or a cher-ry, A-ny good thing to make us all mer-ry, 
G2 G F2 F |G2 G E3 |G2 G F2 F | G2 G E2
w:One for Pe-ter, two for Paul, Three for Him who made us all.  
E |G2 G F2 F |G2 G E2 E |G2 G F2 F | E3 z2
w:God bless the mas-ter of this house, The mist-er-ess al-so;
 E |G2 G F2 F |G3 E2 E |G2 G F2 F | E3 z2
w:And all the lit-tle child-ren That round your tab-ble grow.
 E |G2 G F2 F |G3 E2 E |G2 G F2 F | E3 z2
w:Like-wise young men and maid-ens, Your cat-tle and your store;
 E |G2 G F2 F |G2 G E2 E |G2 G F2 F | E3 |]
w:And all that dwells with-in your gates, We wish them ten times more 

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/folkinfo.org/Souling_Song_Cheshire_1/0000

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